What is CVE-2015-9218?

CVE-2015-9218 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Msm8909w, classified under CWE-388. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-04-18.

How severe is CVE-2015-9218?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Qualcomm Msm8909w

CVE-2015-9218

In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear MSM8909W, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 400, SD 410/12, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 450, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 800, SD 808, SD 810, SD 820, SD 835, SD 845, SDM630, SDM636, SDM660, and Snapdragon_High_Med_2016, when processing bad HEVC clips, the DPB fills, and with no error handling for DPB being full, a hang occurs.

Published 2018-04-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (7.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 7th percentile — 7.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-388

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-04-01 (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/103671 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-9218?: CVE-2015-9218 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Msm8909w, classified under CWE-388. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2015-9218?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.